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View Poll Results: How far CAN you go before you HAVE to refill your (carby) 4.5 gal tank?
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Less than 130 miles
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2.70% |
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130 - 134 miles
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13.51% |
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135 - 139 miles
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140 - 144 miles
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5.41% |
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145 - 149 miles
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5.41% |
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150 - 154 miles
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2.70% |
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155 - 159 miles
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2.70% |
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160 - 164 miles
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2.70% |
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165 - 169 miles
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13.51% |
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170 - 174 miles
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10.81% |
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175 - 179 miles
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5.41% |
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180 - 184 miles
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8.11% |
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185 - 189 miles
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5.41% |
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190 miles +
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21.62% |
20th August 2012
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
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Mileage With Carby 4.5 Gal Tank
Brad's taken me to task for ignoring carby owners (perish the thought), so for you owners of carby bikes with 4.5 gal tanks, how far can you go on the 4.5 gal tank before you have to fill up?
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20th August 2012
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Senior Master Bolter Oner
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pottstown, PA
Posts: 7,170 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: Royal Enfield C5 Military Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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Been getting to about 170m before hitting reserve. Don't like to push more than an additional 10 out of that. Did do a full 200 once (w/reserve), but I'm sure I was on fumes when I was gassing up.
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20th August 2012
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,475 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Sportster/Buell Year: 2013 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL883C … long gone Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDB … gone! Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad
I'm sure I was on fumes
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20th August 2012
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Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,350 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 883 C Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 2007 XL 883 Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2007
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I usually fill it up at 150-170 miles, Still have a bit in there, but it's phoenix, it's hot and pushing the bike sucks.
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20th August 2012
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Posts: 760 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 1987
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I get 70+mpg and have a 5 gal tank. But I try and fill up every 300 miles or so since I don't know if I have any reserve. (I really should test it out sometime.) I didn't vote in your poll. :-)
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20th August 2012
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Senior Bike Builder
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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The correct question to ask would be what MPG we are getting. The exact capacity of a fuel tank is not needed to calculate this. The only thing needed is to top off the tank and reset the trip meter (or make an accurate note of the odo reading); then at the next fueling note the amount of fuel needed to fill up and the distance that you travelled. These are the two data points needed for calculating the MPG.
Today my MPG was 45. Here in Tennessee our gas has 10% alcohol. On a recent trip in Kentucky, the gas there did not have alcohol in it. Running that gas I got 53 MPG on the two tanks of fuel bought there. Based on this, it would be interesting to know how much alcohol is in the fuel being run along with the MPG. The fuel makes a big difference.
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20th August 2012
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,475 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Sportster/Buell Year: 2013 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL883C … long gone Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDB … gone! Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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The correct question to ask is what the OP wants to ask. If you want to ask a different question, go ahead, start your own thread.
You can calculate mpg all you want, but unless you know the usable capacity of the tank, you don't know how far you can go before you have to fill up.
I originally started a poll about the range you can get from the 2.2 tank on the EFIs, because I wanted to know if I could live with such a small tank (probably not), and folks asked for similar polls about different tanks and on different bikes.
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21st August 2012
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I get to about 110 or so and have to switch to reserve,and have only gone to about 145 before gassing up,it's possible I have a few more miles, but dont want to find out,because no matter where you live,pushing sucks!
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21st August 2012
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Senior Master Bolter Oner
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pottstown, PA
Posts: 7,170 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: Royal Enfield C5 Military Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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I'm with ya Folkie. The important # to me is what the ODO reads when I feel like I have to pull in to a station. That's how I ride. Me and Parrothead learned that out west, when a sign points to a gas station, it may be another 20 miles. (Not so here in the east) I really do want to test how far I can go on reserve one of these days. But AAA will bring me 2 gal of gas if I run out, so I'm covered!  |
21st August 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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When the bike was an 883 I got great mpg and didn't need reserve until 160 or so. That is when I would be looking for a station. Once it took me 60 miles to get to a station (because I kept passing the close ones) and pulled in a 210. I wasn't pushing yet. But I was sweating.
Now the bike is a 1212 and I go to reserve at 140 so I would be hard pressed to last until 180 or 190.
So after all that .the answer is I HAVE to get gas at 180. (to keep from hyperventilating) 
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